Very nice! I put mine in the ground and it lost its ball form (and wasn't really trimmable). Did you trim yours in the pots? Fertilize?

Hi princeton, I did trim both when they were in pots but not nearly as much as we had to do when they were in the ground and even then they still splayed out from the middle when they were in full bloom. I fertlize much less than I do for the pots having annuals.

Nice.

Calling Campanula!

I prefer growing mine in a pot as well. I'm Thinking of doing that with my lower growing asters too; they take up lots of garden real estate for the whole season and just sit there, green. Finally some bloom when my season is ending or already over.

I love fall mums! I bought a yellow one, and a bronzey-orangey-yellow one that look good in blue pots in front of my orange house. For the back, I bought a big white one, and also a hot pink aster that is really lovely - I might plant the aster after blooming to see if it comes back next year.

I have buds appearing on Mauve Gem and Empress of China. remains to be seen how much I love them...or not.

Kato - that is a spectacularly eye-catching color combination!

So true 'mxk'... gorgeous 'kato'.

Now in full bloom.

What is a bonus is that this mum overwinters in our unheated garage.

They do look even better in pots. Maybe next year I can get a few growing since autumn mums are practically the only flower purchase my wife notices and approves of... and I'm too cheap to buy all the ones I'd really like!

Rouge those are gorgeous! Please explain how you overwinter these. Do you cut them back and just stick them in the garage? Do you water them? Thanks!

Hi 'Emily'. 'woody' and others clued me into overwintering hardy mums in pots a few years ago..

• I put them in the garage once they were dormant ie really late in the Fal
• l do not cut them back (just like I would not do if they were planted outside)
• I did give them a good soaking prior to moving them in
• And a tip from 'Ken': I occasionally put some snow on the pot for a some consistent moisture.

It's finally mum time in Virginia...

here's Sheffield.

Bumping up this thread because I'm considering digging up my many mums to do this. I'm in zone 4b, southern Minnesota. They would have to be stored in an unheated attached garage or a shed. I would prefer the shed, but it would probably be colder and more exposed there. It looks they do well even in smaller containers?

Rogue21, is the light pink mum a Clara Curtis?